vacant
vacant 英 [ˈveɪkənt] 美 [ˈvekənt]
adj. 空着的；空缺的；茫然的
vacant properties 未被占用的房地产
The seat next to him was vacant. 他旁边的座位空着。
- You can use the adjective vacant to describe something that is empty — an apartment with no tenant or furniture, a job with no worker, or a person with no brainpower.
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- adj. 空着的；空缺的；茫然的
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1. vacant properties
未被占用的房地产
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2. The seat next to him was vacant.
他旁边的座位空着。
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3. a vacant lot
一块闲置的地皮
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4. When the post finally fell vacant, they offered it to Fiona.
这个职位最终空出来之后，他们给了菲奥纳。
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5. a vacant look
呆滞的目光
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6. to stare vacantly
茫然瞪视
- vacant (adj.) c. 1300, "not filled, held, or occupied," from Old French vacant "idle, unoccupied" (of an office, etc.), from Latin vacantem (nominative vacans), "empty, unoccupied," present participle of vacare "be empty," from PIE *wak-, extended form of root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out." Meaning "characterized by absence of mental occupation" is from 1570s. Related: Vacantly.
va·cant / ˈveɪkənt ; NAmE ˈveɪkənt / adjective 1 (of a seat, hotel room, house, etc. 座位、旅馆房间、房屋等 ) empty; not being used 空着的；未被占用的 SYN unoccupied ◆ vacant properties 未被占用的房地产 ◆ The seat next to him was vacant. 他旁边的座位空着。 ◆ ( especially NAmE) a vacant lot (= a piece of land in a city that is not being used) 一块闲置的地皮 ☞compare engaged (4 ) , occupied (1 ) 2 ( formal) if a job in a company is vacant,nobody is doing it and it is available for sb to take （职位）空缺的 ◆ When the post finally fell (= became)vacant, they offered it to Fiona. 这个职位最终空出来之后，他们给了菲奥纳。 ◆ ( BrE) Situations Vacant (= a section in a newspaper where jobs are advertised) 招聘广告栏目 3 (of a look, an expression, etc. 目光、表情等 ) showing no sign that the person is thinking of anything 无神的；呆滞的；茫然的；若有所失的 ◆ a vacant look 呆滞的目光 ▶ va·cant·ly / ˈveɪkəntli ; NAmE ˈveɪkəntli / adverb ◆ to stare vacantly 茫然瞪视 va·cant / ˈveɪkənt ; NAmE ˈveɪkənt / va·cant·ly / ˈveɪkəntli ; NAmE ˈveɪkəntli /
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